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Microplastics as vectors of antibiotics, heavy metals, and PFAS from agricultural soils to the food chain: Sources, transport pathways, and human health implications
Science
15 Feb 2026 | J. Hazard. Mater.
PFAS adsorption was generally highest on PET and in polypropylene, indicating that certain widely used polymers may preferentially accumulate PFAS and potentially enhance their transport within agricultural and food systems.
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Open dumps as a critical source of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in agricultural soils of Pakistan: Evidence of trifluoroacetic acid dominance
Science
14 Feb 2026 | Environ Pollut
Open dumps may function as long-term reservoirs of PFAS in nearby agricultural soils, with short-chain compounds such as trifluoroacetic acid dominating contamination and urban areas showing higher burdens.
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Guidance for federal conservation programs on PFAS on agricultural lands offered in new report
Policy
13 Feb 2026
The report examines the scope of PFAS challenges in agriculture and identifies steps these agencies could take to reduce impacts on natural resources and agricultural productivity.
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The Olympics just saw its first ‘forever chemical’ disqualifications
News
13 Feb 2026 | Gist
Officials test multiple points on each competitor’s equipment, using a technique known as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to detect fluoros.
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3M class action claims company knowingly contaminated Georgia’s water supply
News
12 Feb 2026 | Top Class Actions
“3M’s PFAS has contaminated, and continues to contaminate, the wastewater-treatment facilities and property of the proposed class representatives and class members,” the 3M class action says.
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Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
News
11 Feb 2026 | ProPublica
“They just obfuscate,” said Broyles. “It’s just a continuation of the same thing: ‘We’re going to stick our heads in the sand and hope that nobody notices.’”
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The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn’t Britain?
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10 Feb 2026 | The Guardian
“There is a slightly different way of thinking in the UK [compared with the EU] in terms of philosophy,” he said. The difference was that rather than a blanket ban, the UK would choose what to ban a “a bit more slowly or gradually in a prioritised way”.
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Georgia bill would block families from suing carpetmakers for contamination on their land, water
Policy
10 Feb 2026
He is part of a growing list of families suing carpet manufacturers and chemical companies in the Dalton area, saying they knew of the dangers stain resistant products posed “but hid them.”
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Connecticut provides required PFAS wording for product labels on certain consumer goods
Policy
6 Feb 2026
Under CGS § 22a-903c, which became effective in 2024, certain consumer products in designated categories must include an approved PFAS label to be manufactured, sold or distributed in Connecticut beginning July 1, 2026, with an outright ban to follow on January 1, 2028.
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Sustainable PFAS removal from electronics wastewater through a cost-health trade-off framework
Science
6 Feb 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
Upstream treatment of PFAS in electronics and semiconductor wastewater could substantially reduce projected human toxicity at costs that appear modest relative to industry market value, although trade-offs vary by region and removal stringency as manufacturing growth may drive increasing releases.
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The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers
News
5 Feb 2026 | Grist
“I think it kind of is our duty as a winter sport to have some concern for the environment,” said Katherine Stewart-Jones, a cross-country skier who will represent Canada at the Games, which begin tomorrow.
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Soybean-Based Firefighting Foam Could Replace ‘Forever Chemical’ Foam
News
5 Feb 2026 | Succesful Farming
Senate Study Bill 3099, as it was proposed, would require state agencies to purchase soybean-based firefighting foam that did not contain PFAS.
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Inside America’s carpet capital: an empire and its toxic legacy
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5 Feb 2026 | AP
“That’s not a logo,” fumed Shaw, CEO of the world’s largest carpet company, one attendee later recalled. “That’s a target.”
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What to watch for in 2026: A new wave of PFAS product restrictions and reporting requirements go into effect, with many more expected in 2027 and beyond
Policy
4 Feb 2026
In 2026, seven states will have new restrictions going into effect for numerous types of consumer products containing PFAS.
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PFAS in commercially available organic amendments and food-contact paper products
Science
1 Feb 2026 | Sci Total Environ
PFHxA and other short-chain PFCAs are dominant in composts and food-contact paper products, with PFOS dominant in biosolid-derived fertilizers, suggesting different waste sources may introduce distinct PFAS mixtures into soils used for gardening and agriculture.